Columbus, Mississippi

Lowndes County

Population:  4559 in 1890

                    6484 in 1900

                    8988 in 1910

                   in 1920

Town incorporated:  1822

Post office: 3-6-1820 to present

Railroads:    KCM&B - SLSF- BN- BNSF

                  

SLSF Next Town North- Moss

SOU Next Town East- Steens

 

SOU Milepost 938 before Dec. 1926

SOU Milepost 921 after Dec. 1926

SLSF Milepost 648.3

(from Springfield, MO)

 

C&G Next Town West- Davis

SLSF Next Town South- Whitbury

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

 

 

View looking south at the Columbus & Greenville roundhouse in Columbus.

The joint Southern Railway-C&G passenger depot in Columbus was turned into a bar and restaurant by the time I got this shot in late 1994.

Frisco depot in Columbus, MS in 1979.

A GM&O caboose in front of the old M&O passenger depot in Columbus in the late 1960's.

M&O built this attractive brick and stucco passenger depot in Columbus, MS. 

Former GM&O freight house December 9, 1972. It burned shortly afterwards. 

M&O passenger depot in 1916

1916

1916

M&O freight station in 1916

 

Former GM&O freight station early 1970's. 

Postcard dated 1914

BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

 

 

 

 

 

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